Mohammad Raeesh Shekh, a Research Associate at the National Innovation Foundation (NIF),
holds a doctoral degree in Microbiology. He had qualified for the CSIR-SRFship (Direct)
fellowship, achieved an all India Rank of 309 in CEEB/MSc/BIT-2005, and scored a 94.16
percentile in GATE-2006. He actively participates in the Scouting Documentation and Database
Management (SDDM) team, where he is deeply involved in various tasks crucial to NIF's
operations. His responsibilities include entry processing, review, prior art search (PAS), and
detailed PAS for Biennial and INSPIRE Awards MANAK competitions. He also takes charge of
tasks related to the innovation portal's database, including content formatting and editing.
Engaging in field visits to explore untapped locations for novel traditional knowledge (TK) and
innovations, he is instrumental in documenting, verifying, and updating entries and intellectual
property (IPR)-related records, with support from scouts and collaborators. He actively networks
with individuals passionate about TK and innovations through workshops, meetings, and
collaborations. He actively participates in the INSPIRE-Awards MANAK competition review
process, both physically and virtually, while also addressing queries of teachers/educators related
to INSPIRE awards. Also, he is involved in writing research articles with innovative concepts for
prestigious, high-impact journals. He has authored ten research articles, five of which were
published at NIF, resulting in a cumulative impact factor of 20.386 and 162 citations, with five
articles indexed in SCI journals.
Publications
Shekh, M. R., Ahmed, N., & Kumar, V. (2024). A Review of the Occurrence of Rheumatoid
Arthritis and Potential Treatments through Medicinal Plants from an Indian Perspective. Current
Rheumatology Reviews, 20(3), 241-269.
Sethiya, N. K., Shekh, M. R., & Singh, P. K. (2019). Wild banana [Ensete superbum (Roxb.)
Cheesman.]: Ethnomedicinal, phytochemical and pharmacological overview. Journal of
Ethnopharmacology, 233, 218-233.
Shekh, M. R., Ahemad, M. N., & Singh, P. K. (2018). Impact of Pharmaceutical and Mining
Industrial Wastes on Natural Reservoirs in Goa and Its Microbial-Based Solution. In Microbial
Biotechnology in Environmental Monitoring and Cleanup (pp. 69-85).
Sethiya, N. K., Ahmed, N. M., Shekh, R. M., Kumar, V., Singh, P. K., & Kumar, V. (2018).
Ethnomedicinal, phytochemical and pharmacological updates on Hygrophila auriculata
(Schum.) Hiene: an overview. Journal of Integrative Medicine, 16(5), 299-311.
Ahmad, M. N., Shekh, M. R., & Saiyad, M. A. (2018) A Brief Review of the Noxious Weed:
Parthenium hysterophorus Linn. Journal of Health Professions, 8(2), 1-7.
Roy, U., Chalasani, A. G., & Shekh, M. R. (2015). The anti-Candida activity by Ancillary
Proteins of an Enterococcus faecium strain. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 339.
Shekh, R.M., & Roy, U. (2012). Biochemical characterization of an anti-Candida factor
produced by Enterococcus faecalis. BMC Microbiology, 12, 1-15.
Shekh, R. M., Singh, P., Singh, S. M., & Roy, U. (2011). Antifungal activity of Arctic and
Antarctic bacteria isolates. Polar Biology, 34, 139-143.
Shekh, R., Upadhyay, K., Singh, S. M., & Roy, U. (2009). Inhibition of Candida albicans and
two selected gram-negative pathogens by polar Enterococcus faecalis and Carnobacterium sp.
Research Journal of Microbiology, 4(3), 138-142.
